DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — More than two weeks after a major water main break in DeKalb County left thousands without water for days, crews are still working to repair Clairmont Road.
Channel 2′s Steve Gehlbach was on the busy road on Wednesday morning where crews had several lanes shut down as they made repairs to the road.
The 30-inch water main has been repaired and those who were left without water have had service restored. The break put 20,000 residents nearby under a boil water advisory, which has since been lifted as well.
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But county officials say the winter storm that moved through metro Atlanta and north Georgia last week delayed the repairs they needed to make to the road.
They say they hope to have the road fixed as quickly as possible, but did not give an approximate time when drivers could expect it.
The water main that broke was first installed in 1941, according to DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson.
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She said she was happy the problem was resolved, but said it was an example of aging infrastructure that must be replaced, before the next pipe breaks.
It’s a project county officials have working toward for a while, including her predecessor, Michael Thurmond.
“We have reached a critical state because many of our water pipes and main should have been replaced long ago,” Cochran-Johnson said.
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